Draft 1 Assessment: Teaching Curriculum: Science and Engineering
Draft 1 Assessment: Teaching Curriculum: Science and Engineering
Due Date: 26 June 2022
Title: Engineering and science thinking skills
Length: 8-10 pages/slides
Type of Assessment is Multimodal Text (Poster)
Assessment Task:
For this assessment you will need to create a multimodal text that could be displayed in the staff room or presented at a staff meeting of your early childhood context.
The multimodal text needs to outline:
Science and engineering provision in early childhood
The science and engineering dispositions
The importance of these skills in early childhood.
Target marking point. (IMPORTANT)
Criteria: Use of Academic Conventions - Presentation, Structure & Academic Language
Ratings: 10to >8.5pts High Distinction
Outstanding organisation, presentation, structure and following of assessment requirements. Academic writing and language use are outstanding with minor grammatical, spelling, word choice, syntax errors.
Criteria: Use of Academic Conventions - Research and Resources
Ratings: 10to >8.5pts High Distinction
Evidence of in-depth research, reading, analysis, original and creative thought is demonstrated.
Criteria: This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcomes Use of Academic Conventions - Referencing Protocols
Rating: 10 to >8.5 pts High Distinction
Outstanding use of academic referencing system with minor in-text and no reference list errors.
Criteria: Content Understanding and Synthesis of Understanding
Ratings: 20 to >17.0 pts High Distinction
Outstanding overview of science and engineering provision in early childhood.
Criteria: Content Understanding and Synthesis of Understanding
Ratings: 20to >17.0pts High Distinction
Outstanding outline of science and engineering dispositions in young children.
Criteria: Content Understanding and Synthesis of Understanding
Ratings: 20to >17.0pts High Distinction
Outstanding justification of the importance of science and engineering skills in early childhood.
Criteria: Content Understanding and Synthesis of Understanding
Ratings: 10to >8.5pts High Distinction
Outstanding multimodal text that could be displayed in the staff room or presented at a staff meeting of an early childhood context on engineering and science thinking skills in the early years.
